TWENTY-SIX COLONY
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, MAY 26, · · 1053. ·
RECORDS FELL IN THE THIRD HKAAA SEASON
Enough Talent In The Younger Set Sunday's Meeting At
To Rewrite
The Record
By "RECORDER"
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The Hongkong Amateur Athletic Association's 1962/53 track and field season officially con-" cluded on Sunday with the final meeting at Kai Tak. Two more Colony records were broken, bringing the total for the year to 26.
Resisting the assault were the records for the 200 Metres (twice equalled, but not broken, by Stephen Xavier), 400 Metres and 440 Yards, 800 Meires and 880 Yards, 1,500 Metres and One Mile, 5,000 Metres, 110 Metres High Hurdles, 400 Metres and 440 Yards Low Hurdles, Ilgh Jump, Pole Vault and Shot Put.
Almao Metres by L/Cpl. Lockwood of
the Royal Engineers.
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four, and should claim the 814- second record standing to the name of Lt. D. J. McNabb of the RAOC for two years now.
YEAR OF THE JÄVELIN Sgt. Neville itughes of the Welch Regiment dominated the Javelin throwers. The former Champlon of Wales reached 101 feet 5 inches at Caroline Hill and Sookunpoo for the Colony
then 194 feet 2 inches at
Smith of the
Kai Tak Odd Points
Chan King-yin on his way to a Colony record of 37 minutes 57.6 seconds in the Colony 10,000 Metres Championship at Kal Tak on Sunday. He is followed by Fung Ting-kal, Cyril Harding, who finished third, Ken Milburn, who finished for the next round of the Colony Chess Championship,
consistency of Xavier, Loureiro Willcox was well to the fore in Dorsetshire Regiment at Carolin-8cond-and-Lt G. B. Billight,in the race only for a half-mile canter to freshen up
None of the Ladies' recurds of really good competition, Billy at the tape in the Colony 400
Quentin standing from previous years McCall and survived the senson, that for the reserving their best efforts for
The 400 Metres. feld in the High Jump being improved upon occasions when Stephen was not by Jennifer
Colony Championships was the Hart from 4 feet in the field.. inches to 4 feet 11 inches In
However, with the ald of fastest ever assembled, but in- Salle star Eddie dividually there was no one of five atages and that for the Long fellow La Jump
being Improved upon from Loureiro, he was drlyen to a the class of Ng Yuen-fok or Tom 16 feet 11 inches to 10 feet 6 new Colony record of 9.0 seconds Williams, inches by Rita Hall In three in the 100 Yards at Pokfulam on Lo Wing-chuen, who did not stages.
March and to new. Colony take his athletics very seriously The Laulics 208 Metres record mark of 10.9 seconds for 100 during the season, was still good changed hunds twice, being held Metres at Sookungoo on April enough for several 4-second Championship and record.
Loureire' Bylg starts, efforts. The Quarter-Milers of for some months by Lam Kak-lun 10.
Chan Wai-chuen did not im- and then becoming the property which left Stephen behind, were next season, are, however, Billy of Rita Hull. Rila Hall captured the main contribution to both McCall and La Sulte's Lee Wing-prove on his best of the previous ccnson and the second best throw the 100 Yards record early in the these marks.
King George Vi Michael of the year was 167 feet 6 inches. With a fourth printer of the season and the 220 Yards record
by Sgt. C. In early May. in
The 100 Metres record changed and McCall, Hongkong would this event in early season, and it hands twice, Brat
going to stand an excellent chance of was regrettable that he left the Hill on March 15,
The
crop of 140-footers was the Jennifer Hart at 13.3 seconds finishing in the first three in the Colony before the Colony Cham-biggest in history-270 G. B. H. and finally to Rita Hall at 13.1 400 Metres Relay at the Asian pionships.
Norris, Lau Kam-yiu, Cpl. Ralph secunds, Jennifer running second Games at Manila
next May.
THE JUMPERS
of the RAF, Spr Flint and Derek in identical time.
Chang Yat-hung in the probable
Cobшn The season
Victor Lui dominated the High many fourth, but he is inconsistent, was.
Ron Thompson of the HKAAC most noteworthy for the i Xavier's potential, judging Jump event,
by
setting a Colony
and Gar. Ellis just missed be- achievements of the Jumping some of his last leg relay
runs. Championship record of 5 feet coming 140-footers. The former. Hs-Rita Hall, Jennifer Hart and notably one in which he closed 10% mehes at Bookunpoo on if he polishes up his style, should Deborah Hurlbatt-who now six yards on Chang Yat-hung, is March 20, failing by a half-inch head
Hongkong's all-time best probably 9.8 seconds for the 100 to set a new Colony record. His be well over 150 feet
"HURLING Oyear. lists in five events, in the three Yards and 10.5 seconds for the nomination
Hongkong's Though Athlete of
ugh Chan Wai-chuen set with South 100 Metres.
the Year sprints in company
Was the Discus
tur record at 128 feet 6% China's Lam Kak-ian and in the
spontaneous and well-deserved, inches at Boundary Street on Nol Long Jump with Pui To's Fong
as a as there have been few keener December 21, to be overlooked
he never came Sik,
potential member of Hongkong's and more sporting personalities
anywhere near that mark again From the start of the season to relay team is the King George V In the history of the Association: and the best ever Discus cason
the Colony's Its end, the most popular event relay wonder, Roy Spencer, who
history WRB His principal opponents of the in the the Ladies' invariably does better on relay
season. Li. Bilght and Pier Pawlowski with 120:6 and 123:1
dominated
Joseph by L/Bdr. Long Jump and the biggest show legs than in straight races.
with George, both "CURLY" COMES UP
a style of the year came at Pokfulam on
cicarance pleasing
to watch, at Boundary Street, 124:10% and March 8 when fourth place in the Roy Spencer's training com-
cleared the Standard Medal 124:434 at Pokfulam and 122:0 at event went at 15 feel BV inches.panion at Caroline Hill, Ellia
8 Inches and Sookunpoo for the Colony Cham- The 30th best jump of the season Kedoorie schoolboy Chan King-height of 5 feet,
inches, was 15 feet 34
The yin, blossomed out
contributed to the event being plonship,
populer with record at the start of the season successor to Peter West the second most
an|track ars, . stood at 15:1411
dominating the Next season only one of the three miles and
A newcomer to the front rank Jumping Ha-Jennifer-will be season with a Colony record of In this event was King George V left here,
Deborah Hubatl 17-minutes-67.6 seconds in the School's lan Gerrard, who finally
with the fans was
of
the
over
des the
leaving for England in September 10,000 Metros. The time is reached a personal best of 5 feet
and Rite Hall in December.. excellent by
by Asian standards and 5 inches and should develop into However,
there will still be places him well up on the Asian a challenger to the best by the Lift Kak-lan, Rita for the early
of
ropularly known as "Curly,"
list in this event.
part the season. Fok Wing- sheung and two discoveries of the year, King George V School's races Lynn Ramsay and St Mary's School's Joyce Colton.
were
feature and is successes-
middle of next scuson.
Cpl. Stan Boddy of the Doreels reached 118 feet 5 inches al the Army Championships at Boundary Street and Lt. J. B. Lambert 117 feet - the best distance _ever. done in Hongkong for third place.
Of Stan Boskiy, whose every throw looked like it might be 2 new Colony record, we saw, too little es he left for Home before
Chan King-yin's great-hearted The Pole Vault saw only two the Colony Championships. He of the 10-footers throughout the whole threw with a subline condence
R.A.F. are season-Lt.
Reep and and the puzzled expression on face when the measurers him with
scason
Joyce Cotton and King George cerally met with an assault of Cupt, Joseph da Costa. However, his
congratulatory hand-shakes no Colony record heights may yet didn't quite credit
V School's Rae Jones look the less admiring, than those thoti be scen from one of the best onough for the throw often led GI the newcomers and greeted the great Emil Zalopek's novices of the year, Cpl. Chow them to re-meusure It; almost should ruti sito recrt-breaking victories at fielsinki. class by the time next season is
hatt over.
King-yin is definitely Athletic
have to leurți the run-up go far was 45 Field Regiment's Derek feet 11 inches
night, She is likely also as a Javelin thrower.
und
Coburn, who also did well in the
Z
in
and another
Step and
THE SHOT GANG
Best Shot. Put of the year was
biches at the Royal Engineers
Street in Sports at Boundary Chan Wai-chuen, passed 38 feet March. The Colony Champion,
February 8 with 38:4%, his best once at Caroline Hill on only ever.
Stan Boddy and the Army Champion, L/Bdr. Bertram reached 37 feet and LAC Sayers passed 38 feet.
were the Athlete of the Year, University's hurt at the Colony Championships | VC Championship and 119 feet |
10
ing events, Hongkong
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Over
by a
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The Shot Gang-from the left they are LAC Sayers, F/Sgt Mitchell, Sgt Harrison, LAC Gammons, Chan Wal-chuen and Lau Kam-ylu. This was the best group of iron pushers assembled at one meeting since the Colony Championships in 1951. Harrison and Chan tied for first at 37 feet 9 inches.
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of
TRAINING.
One Colony athletic record fell three times in the course
of one competition at Pokfulam on March 8 and changed hands twice within the space of a minute or two.
In the seventh (her secund) Jump of the competition, ita Hall set a new Colony record of 10 feet 1 inches in the Ladies' Long Jump.
Within Ave minutes, on the 10th Jump (her third), Jennifer Hart reached out to 10 feet 41⁄2 inches.
A minute later on the 11th. Jump the third), Rita Hall cleared 10 feet 8 inches to end record reign for Jennifer that hadn't lasted the better part of two minutes.
Rila holds three Colony records and Jennifer two. They share the 100 Yards and 100 Melres records,
Royden House is the only school in the Colony with two members of its teaching staff on the active athletle 1st. Mrs J. Van Vliet and Miss Valeria Jillott participated in a number of meetings in the past season. Stephen Xavier's best per- formances in the 100 Metres (twice), now read 10.0, 10.0 11.0 (three times), 11.1 (three
11.2 Umica),
(twice).
His
but
stride is considerably shorter than Deborah Hurlbatt's, that doesn't stop him travelling!
Of the 30 feminina leops over 15 foot 34 Inches in tho past season, Hita Hall account- ed for 14, Jennifer Hort
and Deborah Hurlbott for Beven oplece and Fong Sik for two. Seventeen of these were 110 complished at three meetinge at Pokfulam. The best sway from Pokfulam
feet was 10 exactly by Jennifer Hart at Carolina Hill,
·100) · FEM..
Though Derek Coburn's' re- cord of minutes 17.0 seconds for 1,500. Metros broken this year, the times re- turned included
Hongkong... by Coburn (4:20.3), the fifth best ever by D. Hosking (4:24.8), the
best ever
in
the second
sixth best ever by Michael Curzon (4:28.7), the seventh best ever by Leo Shu-chung (4:27.1) and the 10th best ever by Frank Waller (4:251) used to think that Jee Me- to the Mahon, now demoted eight, 11th and 12th best metric miles, was very fast!
Victor Lai, better known na
high jumper, is also the fifth
have
fastest high hurdler we ever had in Hongkong. But he was only third best this Bel- sont
Of the 30 highest Jumps ever Victor managed in Hongkong, Lat, the reigning Champion has managed eight (6 feet 74. In- ches and over). The record- holder, J. Dallywater (0:10%) three only managed seven in seasons
in Hongkong; while Lt. G. B. Blight in his first scason locally
four,
has managed.
are. so
We may add, not too many
JULA
Austrian Team
Jor of the Hongkong Chinese apologetically. Tranit,
who has alread South
9:10 and has following | St Mary's Valerie Fernandez, China
Association's in the stopa of
his inimine -| who showed a fair turn-of speed (Athlete of the Season, though by throwing CO, Capt.- Livemore-
Joseph Pawlowski has thrown the Discus eight times DVD in her first try at the 100 Yards not too great a margin over little put his unit on the sporting map. Sgt. G. J. Harrison's 30 feet 10
110 feet in Hongkong (only on Sunday, may develop into a Lain Kak-ion of To King-chau. The Long Jump was dominated 15-foot lot jumper, but will
winning throws counted). No Leader at all distances be by Tu King-chau in early season. and the tween 880 Yards and 5,000 Metres with a new Colony record of
one else, has managed more than three such throw.... Colony record of 43 feet
Last year, 13.4 seconds was record in the The Ladles throwing events course of the season at 440 Yards inches in the llop,
the Colony Ladies 100 Metres. That time Jump. were dominated by Mr J. Van fon relay legs), in the Javelin
was beaten six times this sca Vliet, who now holds all three Throw and the Pentathlon.
A modest and popular
ton and equàiled once; Tourna records with Mrs A. C. Thompson
Of the 10 fastest Ladies 200 Jennifer Hart eventual Derek, with whom must be personality. King-chat was out
Metres mer Lever";doné challengers for all three, and coupled fellow artilleryman for the second half of the season
with muscle injuries, and his In the ball-and-chain depart-
Hongkong, nine were accom- Valerie Fernandez for the Arthur Cophy, would probably place was taken by a/Lt. M. W, ment it was a poor year, though
plished in the bast season. Last high Anish up very Javelin.
Wren, who
year's Colony record of 20.1 cleared 21:11 Sgt. J. P. Docherty reached 127 track SPEED AND STAMINA
poli popularity
among
Pokfulam
The Colony record in this event was not even threatened. The rain-soaked in March, also to retire feet 2 inches at Boundary Street
Seconds has been beaten 16. llowever, the official
for a new Colony record and the Stephen Kavler, Derek Coburn followers.
track did not favour the sprinters. At the end of the 100 Yards they are-from Huribatt
times in tho coursb of 010 and Chan King-yin
the
the left-Lam Kak-lan (second), Fok Wing-sheung (fourth), Deborah
season, five times cath by Lam scason's outstanding runners in Vietor Lai, South China's King and concede the title to Capt. da farmy
(third), Rita Hall (winner in a modest 12.1 seconds), and Valerie Fernandez (not
Kale-lan and Deborah Huribatt. the men's department. Note- yin and Lam Kak-lan, the Jump- Costa, another stylish jumper, inches at Sookunpoo for
Colony Championship and Cham-
In the Ladies' High Jump, 4 planship record. Best ever in
too far behind in her first race).—China Mail Photos,
feet 6 inches--one inch 'above worthy also was the meteoric riseng Ha, little Fong Sik, Dorsets who also cleared 21 feet. into top class of King George V Lieutenants Reep and Blight and
In the Hop, Step and Jump Hongkong-not omelally School's Billy McCall, who had to high-jumper Peter George would there WAS a challenge to To cognised--was L/Cpl. Parsons tion, the invitation would have fraying the cost of each Associa- bothered to criticise the Hong- what the, Colony record stood Amateur Swimming at last season has been clear- the close
to all of South tion meeting. The expenses of kong relire before
of the draw a lot of the votes.
in March 128 feet 1 inches at Caroline been extended King-chau's record
one such meeting can run up to Association for allowing eight-ed 31 times in the past 'gea- from Signalman
Chinn. Alan. Pendall, Hill, on May 7, 1950. season with a nervous ailment he
Coburn, who switched about in who reached out to 43 feet 5%
The Vice-Chairman of the hundreds of dollars, the cost of year-olds in the Harbour Race or BQ 22 times by Jennifer fart
in Colony sprint and nine times
nes by Deborah shares with the famous "Poll-
ALL-BOUNDERS Mell" Patton among other great to shorter distances in the course
his training from long to middle inches at Boundary Street in
Association, Mr Chon Wing-pak, prizes being only a fraction of 11-year-olds
finals.
Hurlbatt. There are very few March but had to rotire
The Arst Colony Pentathlon was the host to the Association the total expenditure,
girls of their age-if anyang- sprinters of history.
scason, falled in his
bot. Championship for the McClaren at a farewell party to Captain
lips leg of the
where who
consistant Billy's 400 Metres 18 on the assault on Colony records largely 500 the newcomers to the jump-Cup, held at Fokfulam on April Norman Phillips early in the year saved in three years' operation
the added
12, was won
by Major B. D. and shortly afterwards at another by the Hon. Secretary/Treasurer, amount of training going on as
There hasn't been quite the at 4 feet. 0 inches. 1,000 Metrea Championship on for this reason and for March 22 was Д spectacular one that he had little competition
he may to properly push him. He holds Athletic Club's George Saunders Regiment the Royal Norfolk At Homo" to offelais, and track Mr F. J. F. Tingay, who con, there should be and the Assocla- boys either!
shows promise of going beyond
handsome margin and field judgv.
tributes to the Association funds piece of work and
Colony two Colony records both from To King-chau's Hop, Step record
Nevlile
Hughes
with eventually capture the
University's With HKAAC
Chuan-wai a The Association as a whole was by doing personally a great deal tion does its best to encourage 400 Metres and 440 Yards records the close of last season and may
to better per- which have defled all assault well add to his bag next year.
summers was the season's best posed out Deborah Hurlest for Olympic sa Sprint Champion mon
third, Jennifer Hart just the host early in the season to of work that would cost a lot of this by preferring athletes who
Champlon money if hired help was taken train regularly
to formers In its invitations for two godsons.
the Ladies Championship.
Marjorla
meetings. Stephen Xavier #uffered
The generosity of the Army, Australian of tho
There is a regular training pro-' There were 22 entries in the Secretary throughout the season from lack
the South China gramme at Men's Pentathlon, who laboured Women's AAU. Mrs Doris Magee, in an afternoon-long drizzle. One who did some coaching it local the Hongkong University Athletic Athletic Association and a re-
Brugtó, May 124. AustrianRapida team Wal-chuen
advantage labotiring School before what must have has also saved the Association to take
of 1-under been the largest gatherings ever hundreds of dollars of expendi-the able guidance of Mr J. E. P. defeated Arsenal," the English and Frank Waller of King George Hurdles, South China's Chang through than Kwoklol of the of schoolchildren in the Colony ture.
Blenkinsop at King George V League soccer, champions, by six goals to ono in a match hero, VSchool, both of whom ran the Yat-hung, developed a habi Hongkong Chinose Training Unlt) on an occasion not sponsored by
- CRITICISM
School and Boundary Street.
today. 1,000 Metres in under 434 knocking over the barriers in his
Next season there will be or- minutes.
way and had a relatively poor came near to Anjahing among the either the Education Department
criticism Much
has
The Austrians, ted by 3-Dot London, May 25.
tan Association-supervised
half time, levelled at.. the Association for The two should be well to the season hough he was not out-prize-winners and lost a medal or the HKSSA. Nearila, the Derby favourite,
three no-throws Ja tho
POLICY
permitting younger schoolboys mising athletes and has had a recurrence of his fore next season at all distances classed by what was the best on
all others The Austrians played a fal- foot trouble and is lame again from 800 Metres to One Mile and High Hurdles fields dry Hongkong Javelin.
and schoolgiris to compete with who are interested and regular ter and more direct game than The old trouble has recurred Coburn will certainly have much in any season.
opponents and kept tho THE ADMINISTRATION The Association started the "enlors, the fact that school attendance will be a prerequisite
in Arsenal territory for and it is impossible at the more compeution than be had
Mr Raleigh On February 22, 2/Lt. J. O
Leung's capable season by shepherding schools
and boys schoolgirls-most of to any consideration for a place hall moment to say when he will bb In 1032/65
Cave set up a new Colony record leadership played a conspicuous athletes into clubs a policy them not yet in their late teens
Towards the end Arsenal or Empire Games.
ધન પ્રાપ
became a little more testessive Patron of the WAAA at Home and in Australia. Colony the season of Cpl. Ralph Hatcher Hurdles at Boundary Street. In interest of the
being Championships
The new season, will start will but Rapid were still sily en und LAG D. Hosking-second in December, on the same track. Association, Sir Gereed Howe, The ISSA retains a seat on generally overlooked.
track and fleld in September, topa the Colony 1,500 Meires must go LLAF, Reep had recorded 10. K, Q. C., was appreciated by the Council; but does not compote The Association followe October, November and Decem- The British Borer was Holten on record in a review of the seconds. 2/1t. Paterson, Victor
etor the
polley in respect of the "Juniors" bor. There will be a short road after 85 minutes. Earlier Ger- The two continually Lal and the Colony Cha
Reconess. acanon.
Sir Champion
watched some of the The Hongkong Amateur that is not inconsistent with that running and walking and cross hardt (42 minutes), Dienst (44 demonstrated koetiness, a will to Capt 3. E. Mulvaney, were alsp jumping hals at the Colony Athletic Club was started early of the governing bodies of country so in January and minutes) and Breebst (47 win oven when there was little well under 17 seconds at variots Championships from close rate in the season and now has a Austalla and perhaps the best second sesalon of the track and frin chance of victory, and were on meelings.
athletics
in Grost Britain and this will bo followed with a minutes) had scored for Aur- Lt. Paterson's name and must have noted the friendly membership of 70, which by next
atmosphere prevailing in the
field season in February, March 'your should grow to over a shrwer
April. The @cason never properly
the tiris, who
before June. regard for each other
premier women's athletic Acquired. Champion, A. E. Collaco, LA.
This "Happy family" spirit was all this was Honestly Reep, Lo Wingschuen and F/L particularly noticeable at the
The Association complaint la Workly, the official organ of the G. W. F. Charles took tums at annual IKAACH "At Home" at that the Club got share out of AAA today after a very close race, In which six rachis anaest The 400 Metres and 440 Yards winging in the Invitational Wah Yan. College when an the HKAAA than it put in and Half the girls, in that group athletic team may yet visit scored for Liverpool in the are o small that the Hongkong next month and one or second half - to overgikya. the 813 invitation was lasted to all the this situations has been remedied photo within 70 peconds,
were dominated for most of the events," Lt. Heep, with Bluebottle wed by 30 seconds, sehron by 2/Lt. Goodbum, who seconds for the 440-Yard route South China shule. If there had by a Council vote that all clubs Jumping Its took glaists in com- two early evening meetings may Chiman teen's@frakobalt lead
hack 121 has luck to be besten looks the most promising of the been enough sealing sectamola will in future contribute to de-parison. No-one has as yet be staged against the Filipinos. || Asociatii Prana,
NEARULA IS LAME AGAIN
-- able TOSARIO Work.
The veterinary surgeon gald:
"Things do not look way not and I am not as hopeful as have been"-Router.
MIDDLE DISTANCES
next season. teammate
all-rounder in the Jumping
George
In the middlo distance run events. department, "two stars of the future emerged at the Inter- School Championships
THE HURDLENS in 'Lee The previous season's surprise of the
South China Athletic Association,
Shu-chung of La Salle College Champion In the 110 Metres High Cheights of the afternoon was! girl athletes at King George V Club and the Royal Air Forcegular one-for those who care
of
440 Yards,
"
been Hogramme, for all pro- |
Drubs Arsenal
The
The gallant racing throughout) of 18.9 seconds for the 120 Yards part in a successful-goar and the followed by both the· ÂÂÂ and carried off all theʼrelays in theon Hongkong's team at the Asian most of the times
ד
as a club.
..it can give to
The Duke's Dragon "Bluebottle” Wing much Athletes of the Year does not appear on the ranking competition, particularly among hundred.. The Club boosts of a criticism is to refer the critics an
those who had more success. To Bluebolile, the Dragon yacht.
bilor' distante. runners, Neville of Queet Elizabeth and the
Harding and Kep Duke of Edinburgh, was the Lee, Cyril winner of His class in the Island Milburn. Sailing Club's regatta at Cowds
THE LONG SPRINT
London, May 25. he clbasód with them are threist as he was
neuter
timed
at any meeting.
ex
Later Dienst ((60 minutes),
have a sisterly Jargo collection of allyerware) 10. H. Kroup piclure of the London tend into May, but will certainly / Köerner (71 minutes); Bhd Hop In the Low Hurdles, the Colony they be English or Chines that it did not pay for, though; Qiympiades, one of England's summer.
nuct evening with Be In the May 10 issue of Athlette
be
pel (89 minutes) put the Aus- Irians further ahoad, fruter.
LIVERPOOL
WINS
but not Liverpool defeated! Nuern
A A Philippinesberg 4-1,
Haron and Bmyiha